Reference Services- Concept, Definition, Kinds and Trends
Reference service v/s Information service
Bibliographic Service, Indexing and Abstracting Service
CAS, SDI Service, Referral, Document delivery service
Translation Services, Reprographic Services
Online Service: Information products, Nature, types, and marketing
Online Search Services and Technologies
Search Engines and Meta Search Engines
Internet Search Techniques
IOT (Internet of things)
Introduction to Web Servers: Apache Server and Internet Information Server
2. Unit – II:
Current Trends and organization of the Web Resources
Web Dewey and UDC online (Brief Description)
Brief Introduction of OCLC Classify
Folksonomy: Basic concept, Tagging and Social Bookmarking
Semantic Web: Concept, need, purpose, and advantages
Simple Knowledge organization System (SKOS), Taxonomies and Ontologies
E-Resources: Collection Development
Types of E-Resources: E-books, E-journals, Databases, Electronic Theses & Dissertations etc.
Collection Building Process: Electronic Resource Development Policy; Budgeting, Pricing, Licensing, Ordering and Receiving, Evaluation of e-Resources; Archiving and Preservation of E-Resources
E-Resources: Negotiations, Licensing, and Access
Model Licenses and Guidelines for Collection Building
Negotiations
Copyright in the Digital Environment/Digital Rights Management (DRM) and User Training
Delivery of E-Resources & Access Management and Authentication
Off-campus and Integrated Access
E-Resources: Consortia
Growth and Development of Consortia
Collection Building of e-Resources through Consortia
Consortia: e-Shodh Sindhu, CeRA, NKRC, OCLC
E-Resources: Usage
Usage Statistics, e-Resource Usage Analysis
Standards and Guidelines (COUNTER)
Processing, Analysis and Presentation of Data
Discovery based Services
Usage Enhancement Measures
3. Unit – III:
Information Technology- Components, Impact of IT on Society
INTERNET- Components, Services, Browsing-Web Browsers, Netscape, Navigator and Internet Explorer, Search Engines, Meta-Data, Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
National and International Information Systems-NISSAT, NASSDOC, NISCAIR, DESIDOC, INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS, INSPEC
Institutional Repositories- Dspace, Eprints, Greenstone etc. Open-Source Library Management Softwares - KOHA and others and RDBMS and DBMS with XAMO (Apache, MySQL, PhP)
Digital Preservation (DP)- Introduction, Dilemmas and critical challenges, Fundamentals - Concepts, terminology, standards, systems, Integrity, stability, and authenticity, Digital preservation frameworks, Understanding the digital object, Strategies for digital preservation, Preservation planning
5. Unit -V:
Research Data Management- Types of data and sources, Storing, Curation and Preservation of Research Data: Documentation and Metadata, Data Management Plan and related tools, FAIR Principles, Data Privacy and Ethics
Research Data Management Services- Concept of Research Data Management Services, Need and benefits, Data repositories, Starting Research Data Management Services, Planning and organizing the RDM services, Promoting the RDM services, Evaluating and refining the RDM services
Web Technology and Web Based Services- Web 2.0 and 3.0 - Library 2.0- Concept, Characteristics, Components; Instant Messaging, RSS Feeds, Podcasts, Vodcasts etc.
Web - Scale Discovery Services, Mobile based Library Services and Tools - Library Apps, Mobile Library Instructions, SMS Alerts, Geo-Location, Reference Enquiry
Social Web Networks and Content Management Systems, Collaborative services- Social Networks, Social Tagging, Content Management Systems, Research Information Management System, Research Information Management Tools (IRINS, VIVO)